WritingHelp

===I know you all have been working very hard on revising and perfecting your short stories - here are some common errors and ways to fix them. Also, there are some useful resources from [|Scholastic.com] - click on the documents and/or go to the website.===

 Example 4 "The boy should have won the game," the fan commented, "and the coach should receive an award."

 * ===Punctuation goes INSIDE the quotes ===
 * ===The first letter inside the quote is capitalized, not the first word outside the quotes. ===
 * ===The quote can be punctuated with a comma, a question mark, or an exclamation point but NOT a period unless it is the last thing in the sentence. ===
 * ===Every time there is a new speaker, there should be a new paragraph - it looks weird but it's grammatically correct (see below - but remember that wiki spaces won't let me tab, so I'm double spacing) ===